It’s a two-man best ball local qualifier that counts towards earning your way into a regional and national finals. The Las Vegas Paiute Resort is also the site of the national finals October 19-20th.

One unique aspect of the event is that you can pay an extra $49 for the “Triple Play Option” which lets you play best ball with not only your partner but the two other players in your foursome, giving you three stabs at a low score instead of one. This makes a lot of sense in Vegas, where the odds are you or your partner will party a little too hard the night before and stumble onto the first tee seeing cross-eyed.

The host course is the Pete Dye-designed Snow Mountain course, one of three courses at the Paiute Resort and arguably the toughest, including three water-heavy finishing holes.

Entry fee for the ESPN National Golf Challenge Qualifier at Las Vegas Paiute is $119, actually less than peak season green fees for the course ($139), and comes with a box of Callaway Golf Balls to boot.

For more information on the ESPN tour and this particular event, visit ESPNGolf.com. Or call tournament director Crystal Shoning at 702-395-1707 or cshoning@lvpaiute.com

Brandon Tucker took the reins as Managing Editor of Courses and Travel for GolfChannel.com in 2011. Prior to that, he had been with the TravelGolf Network since 2006. While Brandon continues to chime in here with insights on golf courses, travel and more, you can also find his work at GolfChannel.com's Travel Insider blog and follow him on Twitter here.

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